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Asic Physical Design Engineer Interview Questions
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Static Timing Analysis, Setup time, Hold time, Clock gating, Clock Path Pessimism Removal, Digital design flow, Vmin
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they ask the inputs into the tools for different steps of physical design.
Tell any 5 commands and how to validate floorplan
How is uncertainty determined.
What is setup time and hold time? How would you fix these violations pre-silicon and post-silicon? What is the difference between clock skew, clock jitter, and clock uncertainty? Draw CMOS for a 1-input NOT gate, 2-input NOR gate, and 4-input NAND gate. Draw the circuit for a full-adder with minimal number of gates.
Question on power optimization technique beyond what the tools have options, basically looking for some innovative way of power optimization.
Coding to parse a netlist
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